Health Education England has launched a new resource to help provide insight and knowledge into population health. Its Population Health Digital Toolkit is aimed at health and care learners to develop their understanding of population health principles, helping them achieve competencies in areas such as population health data, health inequalities, population […]
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Closed Loop Medicine raises £13 million
Closed Loop Medicine, a health tech supplier developing a drug and digital combination product, has raised £13 million of new investment. The company aims to support dosing and medication regimens with its app, to provide a digital companion, support and a way to capture data to provide insight. This new investment […]
120 GP practices deploy X-on telephony tools
Practices across Stockport and North Central London CCG have deployed X-on’s telephony solution, Surgery Connect. The company has announced the completion of the two deployments, spanning 120 GP practices across the areas, delivering its cloud-based system. It means practices can access multiple telephone lines, manage call queues, report on trends […]
£15.9m pathology services contract awarded in Wales
NHS Wales has awarded a £15.9 million contract to Citadel Health to support pathology services with new technology. Aiming to create a digital national pathology network, the system will be used to support 21 pathology labs, hospitals, clinics and GP practices with over 35 million test requests each year. NHS […]
New European initiative to build data platform for neurodegenerative diseases
A new initiative has launched, called the European Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases (EPND), to support data and sample sharing for neurodegenerative diseases. Initiatives already in place in this field will be combined to build, grow and develop one platform for storage and analysis of clinical samples and data collections. It’s hoped the […]
University Hospitals Sussex signs five-year deal CardMedic app
CardMedic, an app to help healthcare professionals communicate with patients, has signed its first commercial contract, with University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. NHS anaesthetist Rachael Grimaldi developed the app during her maternity leave, after reading an article about a COVID-19 patient’s experience of not understanding hospital workers through their PPE. […]
RwHealth raises £6.1 million in Series A funding
AI and data specialist RwHealth has announced a successful raise of £6.1m in Series A funding. The company supports over 40 healthcare providers in the UK and internationally, to glean insight and value from data and analytics by utilising the company’s data science platform, through a combination of artificial intelligence, […]
HTN’s Digital ICS Playbook has arrived…
Here at HTN we’re thrilled to share our latest Digital Playbook, available in print and online. Following the release of our first edition earlier this year, we’re back with a sequel – a second instalment featuring the latest solutions and innovations from providers working across the health tech sector. This […]
Birmingham Community EPR ‘test bed’ launches
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT has gone live with a new electronic patient record (EPR) system on one of its inpatient wards. The system, for recording and accessing patient information in inpatient areas, has gone live with a ‘test bed’ launch on Ward 5 at its Moseley Hall Hospital. It […]
Feature: Cop26 shows it’s time for health tech to act on climate change
Feature by Susan Venables, founder and client services director at Highland Marketing The NHS has already made a commitment to become the first net zero health and care system in the world. It’s time for digital health vendors to think about their role – and to be ready to talk […]
